Chapter Summaries

Genkawa Uchiha lured Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s soul fragment into Pikachu, then used Pikachu’s lightning to weaken it and seal it in a crystal. He left with the fragment contained and praised Pikachu for its help.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s black mist entered Pikachu, but Isshiki realized Pikachu was not a Tailed Beast and had a chakra core beneath its Natural Energy.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Pikachu to put on a show, and Pikachu unleashed golden lightning that burned away most of the black mist.
• Genkawa Uchiha gathered the remaining mist into his palm and sealed it inside a pale golden crystal.
• Genkawa Uchiha told the trapped Isshiki that the soul fragment could help him find Isshiki’s hiding place, and Isshiki called him despicable.
• Genkawa Uchiha reassured Pikachu and praised it, and Pikachu responded happily.

Sasuke agreed to become Pikachu’s Jinchuriki, and Nagato carried out the sealing beneath the God Tree. The sealing succeeded, leaving Sasuke unconscious with Pikachu’s power fused inside him.

• Sasuke hesitated after witnessing Pikachu’s destructive power, but accepted Nagato’s offer to become its Jinchuriki.
• Nagato prepared a sealing formation beneath the God Tree while Sasuke lay unconscious within it.
• At Genkawa Uchiha’s signal, Nagato began the sealing and Pikachu transformed into golden light.
• The golden light entered Sasuke, whose body glowed before the power settled and fused with him.
• Nagato confirmed the sealing had succeeded, and Genkawa Uchiha said the outcome now depended on Sasuke.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki discovered that his connection to the chakra mass in Amegakure had been severed and worried that Genkawa Uchiha had defeated it. Hagoromo Otsutsuki confronted Isshiki, who laughed and declared that he would take Hagoromo’s chakra.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tested the Black Rod and realized his remote control over Itachi Uchiha and connection to the chakra mass had vanished.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki worried that he had lost part of his soul and resolved to find a perfect vessel before opening a spatial vortex.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed someone approaching and saw Hagoromo Otsutsuki appear before him.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki explained that he had sensed another Otsutsuki in the Ninja World and said he could hold Isshiki back.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki mocked Hagoromo and laughed that he could make up for his lost chakra by taking Hagoromo’s.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki trapped Hagoromo Otsutsuki in two giant bowls and suppressed his abilities, intending to use him as Immortal Medicine. Hagoromo persuaded Isshiki to hear him out by claiming that they would need to join forces to stop Genkawa Uchiha, leaving Isshiki seriously considering the proposal.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used his eyes to expand two tiny objects into giant bowls that trapped Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Hagoromo tried to escape through a spatial vortex and use his Rinnegan, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki suppressed his abilities.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki said he intended to use Hagoromo as Immortal Medicine because Kaguya Otsutsuki had betrayed him.
• Hagoromo told Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that he was also seeking a way to defeat Genkawa Uchiha, causing Isshiki to pause the bowls.
• Hagoromo called Genkawa Uchiha an anomaly beyond the bounds of the Ōtsutsuki bloodline and urged Isshiki to join forces against him.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki listened and began seriously considering Hagoromo's words.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki persuaded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that they needed to cooperate to defeat Genkawa Uchiha. After releasing Hagoromo, Isshiki agreed to work with him, and Hagoromo asked him to share Ōtsutsuki knowledge to help them face Genkawa.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki argued that defeating Genkawa Uchiha served both his goal of restoring peace and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's need to survive.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki questioned whether Hagoromo expected him to spare the Ninja World after Genkawa's defeat, and Hagoromo said they could address that only after defeating Genkawa.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki weakened the seal holding Hagoromo, then shrank and dismissed the two bowl-shaped objects, restoring Hagoromo's freedom.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki admitted Hagoromo had convinced him to cooperate, and Hagoromo said they both knew it was their only correct choice.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to share his clan's knowledge because the two of them alone could not defeat Genkawa Uchiha.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki brought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to the Moon to meet Hamura and his descendants. Isshiki discovered that a blind boy among them had a bloodline that had reverted to its ancestors.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki questioned Hagoromo Otsutsuki about the sealed Kaguya, and Hagoromo warned that releasing her would put Isshiki in danger.
• Hagoromo told Isshiki that he had awakened his younger brother Hamura and that Hamura had found his descendants.
• Hagoromo led Isshiki through a mountain entrance into an underground settlement and an abandoned town.
• Hagoromo and Isshiki entered a palace, where they found Hamura's spirit, a blind boy, and a frail old man.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed the boy's bloodline had reverted to its ancestors.

Otsutsuki Toneri told Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that he was Hamura Otsutsuki’s last descendant and described the moon clan’s decline. The old man urged Toneri to retrieve the Byakugan, but Isshiki killed him and consumed his chakra as Immortal Medicine.

• Hamura Otsutsuki introduced Otsutsuki Toneri and the dying old man as his only remaining descendants.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recounted how the Branch Family defeated the Main Family, leaving him as the last survivor, and revealed his empty eye sockets.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he planned to take pure Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan to awaken his bloodline, and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo left the matter to Hamura Otsutsuki.
• The old man urged Toneri to retrieve the eyes and restore the Otsutsuki clan’s glory.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki extracted the old man’s chakra, killed him, and swallowed it as Immortal Medicine.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki killed Luren to test Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his allies, then secured their cooperation against Genkawa Uchiha. The chapter ended with Isshiki taking Otsutsuki Toneri under his wing while Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki accepted the danger of their alliance.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki consumed Luren’s chakra, and Otsutsuki Toneri grieved over his grandfather’s death.
• Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki warned Isshiki not to act recklessly again.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki reflected that he had tested the group and judged Genkawa Uchiha to be a powerful potential vessel he could not easily defeat.
• Hamura Otsutsuki urged Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri to accept Luren’s death as a contribution to their cause.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki took Otsutsuki Toneri with him to teach him Ōtsutsuki knowledge and promised to find him a suitable pair of Byakugan.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki agreed to cooperate with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki because they considered Genkawa Uchiha the greatest threat to the Ninja World.

After Neji Hyuga left Konoha, the Hyuga Main Family tightened its control over the Branch Family, while the clan elders worried that Genkawa Uchiha might undo the Caged Bird. Their meeting was interrupted by news that Hanabi’s eyes had been gouged out, leaving Hyuga Hiashi furious and shocked.

• Neji Hyuga’s departure led the Main Family to intensify its restrictions and surveillance of the Branch Family.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the Main Family elders discussed the failed search for Neji Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha, as well as the missing Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• A newly promoted elder worried that Sasuke Uchiha might undo the Caged Bird, and the elders feared Genkawa Uchiha could make it possible.
• A Branch Family ninja reported that Hanabi’s eyes had been gouged out, and Hyuga Hiashi sprang up in alarm and demanded to know what had happened.

After Hanabi was found unconscious with both Byakugan stolen, Hyuga Hiashi ordered a clan-wide search and demanded that the culprit be found and killed. The injured Branch Family ninja left behind in the hall revealed that he was an impostor who scorned the Hyuga clan.

• A Branch Family ninja reported that Hanabi’s guards had heard her scream and found her unconscious with both eyes gone.
• A Main Family elder activated the Caged Bird curse to punish the guard, but Hyuga Hiashi ordered him to stop.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the elders to keep Hanabi’s condition secret, call Hinata back, increase her guards, and search for and kill the culprit.
• Hyuga Hiashi put the Hyuga clan on alert and led Branch Family ninjas toward the inner residence.
• After everyone left, the supposed guard smiled and revealed contempt for the Hyuga clan and its bloodline.

Hyuga Hirojiro killed two Branch Family guards and escaped the Hyuga Clan Compound after dismissing the Caged Bird Cursed Seal as extreme and useless. Hyuga Hiashi discovered that Hanabi had lost both eyes, then learned Hirojiro had vanished.

• After Hyuga Hiashi left, two Branch Family ninja approached the injured Hyuga Hirojiro, who suddenly gouged out their eyes and killed them.
• Hyuga Hirojiro remarked that the Caged Bird Cursed Seal's brain-and-soul binding was extreme and useless, then left the compound unnoticed.
• Hyuga Hiashi reached Hanabi's room and saw that she was unconscious and bleeding; he ordered the Branch Family guards who failed her to receive their punishment.
• Hyuga Hiashi removed Hanabi's bandage and saw that both of her eyes had been gouged out.
• A Branch Family ninja reported that Yoichi and Ryuta had been found dead with their eyes gouged out and that Hyuga Hirojiro was missing.

Hyuga Hirojiro walked through Konoha with his Caged Bird mark exposed and drew the attention of an Uchiha Military Police Force ninja. After Hirojiro took the Uchiha’s Sharingan, Konoha ninja surrounded him, and he declared that he would announce his arrival to the Ninja World.

• Hyuga Hirojiro left the Hyuga Clan Compound and strolled through Konoha with his Caged Bird mark uncovered.
• An Uchiha Military Police Force ninja confronted Hirojiro and tossed him a forehead protector, but Hirojiro ignored it.
• The Uchiha drew his blade and revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, prompting Hirojiro to ask if they were Sharingan.
• Hirojiro vanished, gouged out the Uchiha’s two Sharingan, and appeared atop a nearby tree with the eyes in his hand.
• Konoha ninja surrounded Hirojiro as villagers fled, and Hirojiro calmly announced his arrival to the Ninja World.

Hyuga Hirojiro attacked Konoha while serving as a disposable vessel for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, killing ninja by draining their chakra. Orochimaru arrived at the scene to find numerous dead and an enemy no one could see.

• Hyuga Hirojiro revealed that his body was a replaceable Hyuga Branch Family vessel and showed no concern for its survival.
• Uchiha members of the Military Police Force and other Konoha ninja attacked Hyuga Hirojiro, but he vanished from their sight.
• Hyuga Hirojiro appeared beside a Konoha ninja, drained his chakra with black markings, and left him as a dried corpse.
• Hyuga Hirojiro vanished again as the surviving ninja formed a defensive circle and searched for him.
• Orochimaru received an Anbu report, rushed to the scene, and found more than a dozen dried corpses.
• A Konoha ninja warned Orochimaru that the enemy was extremely troublesome and invisible to them.

Orochimaru investigated the street killings and tried to contain tensions between the Hyuga and Uchiha clans while considering the possibility of a conspiracy. The search ended when a figure resembling Hyuga Hirojiro appeared on Konoha’s outer wall, and Hyuga Hiashi insisted that it could not be him.

• Orochimaru ordered an Anbu squad, the Jonin Squad, and the Hyuga to investigate the scene where a Hyuga had killed people and taken an Uchiha’s Sharingan.
• Anbu, jonin, and members of several clans arrived, but they found no trace of Hyuga Hirojiro.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha confronted each other at the scene, and Hiashi explained that Hanabi’s eyes had been gouged out, two Branch Family ninja had been killed, and Hirojiro had disappeared.
• Orochimaru set the suspected conspiracy aside and told them to deal with the immediate situation first.
• A Hyuga ninja spotted someone resembling Hyuga Hirojiro on Konoha’s outer wall, and Hiashi declared that the figure could not be Hirojiro.

Hyuga Hirojiro appeared on Konoha’s outer wall after killing a man and taking an Uchiha’s Sharingan, prompting Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi to attack him. Hirojiro blocked Orochimaru’s water technique with a Cube and declared that the two leaders were qualified to become his followers.

• Hyuga Hiashi and the others spotted Hyuga Hirojiro standing on Konoha’s outer wall, and several ninja rushed toward him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and demanded an explanation from Hyuga Hiashi, while Orochimaru warned that a great enemy was present.
• A huge Cube fell from the sky, crushing the approaching ninja and wrecking part of the village with its impact.
• Orochimaru charged toward Hirojiro as Hiruzen summoned King Enma and extended the Adamantine Staff toward the wall.
• Orochimaru fired a thin stream of water at Hirojiro, who blocked it with a smaller Cube and called Orochimaru and Hiruzen qualified followers.

Hyuga Hirojiro tested Orochimaru’s power, then offered to make him an Otsutsuki follower and grant him a new branch-family bloodline. Orochimaru recognized Hirojiro as an Otsutsuki and asked about Hyuga Hanabi’s eyes, his purpose in Konoha, and his connection to the Sage of Six Paths.

• Orochimaru’s Water Style barely dented Hyuga Hirojiro’s cube, and Hirojiro praised his skill.
• Orochimaru attacked Hirojiro with fire and wind techniques, forcing him outside Konoha’s wall and scorching him.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who knocked Hirojiro’s falling cube into a distant forest.
• Hyuga Hirojiro acknowledged that Orochimaru had injured his vessel and offered to make him an Otsutsuki follower and branch-family member.
• Orochimaru identified Hirojiro as an Otsutsuki and questioned him about Hyuga Hanabi’s eyes, his mission, and the Sage of Six Paths.

Orochimaru attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Manda and the Five Styles: Great Barrage Jutsu, but Isshiki stopped the blast using a repulsive force. His borrowed body withered and died, though he declared that he would become Orochimaru’s god.

• Orochimaru sent Manda charging at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and used the Five Styles: Great Barrage Jutsu with four clones.
• The combined attack caused a massive explosion that damaged the area outside Konoha and impressed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the watching ninja.
• Hirojiro of the Hyuga Clan, controlled by Isshiki, repelled the explosion with an invisible force.
• Isshiki’s body rapidly aged and lost its strength as he used the Byakugan’s power.
• Isshiki acknowledged Orochimaru, vowed to become his god, and died before his body fell to the ground.

After the explosion, Konoha's leaders examined Hyuga Hirojiro's mummified corpse and discovered that his Byakugan were intact and his Caged Bird Cursed Seal had vanished. Hyuga Hiashi tried to take the body back for the clan, but Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him and demanded an investigation.

• Orochimaru inspected Hyuga Hirojiro's corpse and studied the broken black lines remaining on its skin.
• Manda vanished in a burst of smoke while the arriving Konoha ninja focused on Hirojiro's body.
• Hyuga Hiashi examined Hirojiro and found his Byakugan intact and the Caged Bird Cursed Seal missing from his forehead.
• Orochimaru recalled Hirojiro's strange power and wondered whether it connected Genkawa Uchiha, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and the vanished seal.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered his ninja to cover and retrieve Hirojiro's corpse, but Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped them and demanded to know what had happened.

Orochimaru overruled Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to use Hirojiro Hyuga’s death against the Hyuga Clan and ordered Konoha into emergency patrols. After Hiruzen left, Orochimaru discovered a mysterious Black Needle left behind by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha watched as Hiruzen Sarutobi moved to take Hirojiro Hyuga’s body, suspecting he meant to pressure the Hyuga Clan.
• Orochimaru ordered the Anbu to take Hirojiro’s body and told Hyuga Hiashi to accompany them.
• Orochimaru declared a state of emergency and assigned clan ninja, the Jonin Squad, and Anbu to patrol and coordinate across Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that pressuring the Hyuga Clan could benefit the village, but Orochimaru insisted that the threat of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had changed the situation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left after Orochimaru reminded him, “I am the Hokage, Sensei.”
• Orochimaru found a Black Needle where Hirojiro’s corpse had lain and concluded that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had left it behind.

Orochimaru warned Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could target their clans, while an investigation into Hyuga Hirojiro yielded no useful memories. On the moon, Isshiki gave Otsutsuki Toneri a pair of Hyuga Main Family Byakugan that could help him awaken the Tenseigan.

• Orochimaru summoned Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha, warned them that Isshiki might target their clans, and said the Ninja World was nearing chaos.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Orochimaru that the investigation into Hyuga Hirojiro had revealed only that he was controlled, and that the Yamanaka Clan would examine his memories.
• An Anbu reported that Hirojiro's memories were disordered and unreadable, leading Hyuga Hiashi to conclude that Isshiki had tampered with his brain before his death.
• Orochimaru reassured Hyuga Hiashi that the Hyuga Clan was not at fault and urged both clans to stay alert while he arranged further investigation.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki arrived on the moon and gave Otsutsuki Toneri a pair of pure Hyuga Main Family Byakugan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed an instinctive urge to fuse with the eyes, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki said they could help him awaken the Tenseigan.